Man dies of bird flu in Indonesia
Loading...
Monday, August 04, 2008
A 19 year-old Indonesian man has died of bird flu, putting total death to 112 in the country
The man working for cargo died last week at Tanggerang town in the outskirts of Jakarta, Director General of Communicable Disease Control at the health ministry Nyoman Kandun said on Sunday.
According to the World Health Organization, influenza virus has killed 243 out of 385 infected people in 15 countries since late 2003.
Indonesia has grappled with the major problem by making efforts to stop the spread of the virus.